2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series

The 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the fifth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. It began on 18 April at the Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 25 October at the brand-new Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz. It was the fifth season of the Renault-backed single-seater category. International DracoRacing driver Bertrand Baguette won the championship by a comfortable margin, having dominated the second half of the season. His team won their respective championship, ahead of Carlin Motorsport.

Regulation Changes

Technical After debuting in the 2008 season, the aerodynamics of the current Dallara chassis underwent "minor enhancements inspired by the 2009 F1 regulations".

Sporting A number of changes were made to the sporting regulations in order to reduce costs and better showcase drivers' talent:

The Thursday test sessions at each meeting were scrapped, replaced with two one-hour sessions on the Friday. The duration of each race was extended to 44 minutes + one lap. A bonus point was awarded to the driver who climbed the most places during each race.

In addition, at the halfway point of the season (after the Hungaroring round) the championship leader got the opportunity to demonstrate a Renault R28 F1 car at a World Series meeting. After the seventh race of the season both Marcos Martínez and Bertrand Baguette were tied at the top of the standings, but by virtue of his three race wins, Martínez received the prize drive during the next round at Silverstone.

And just like in previous years, the eventual champion earned a full test with the ING Renault F1 team at the end of the season. Baguette won the title at the Nürburgring, to earn that test with the team.

Teams and drivers = Series rookie for 2009 Team Driver name Status Rounds Tech 1 Racing 1 Brendon Hartley 1–5, 8–9 Edoardo Mortara 6 Daniel Ricciardo 7 2 Charles Pic All Ultimate Motorsport 3 Greg Mansell 1–7 4 Miguel Molina 1–7 P1 Motorsport 5 James Walker All 6 Daniil Move All Prema Powerteam 7 Omar Leal All 8 Frankie Provenzano 1–2 Stefano Coletti 3 Filip Salaquarda 4–9 Carlin Motorsport 9 Oliver Turvey All 10 Jaime Alguersuari All International DracoRacing 11 Bertrand Baguette All 12 Marco Barba All Interwetten.com Racing 15 Mihai Marinescu 1, 3, 6, 8–9 Tobias Hegewald 2 Michael Herck 4–5, 7 16 Adrian Zaugg 1–6 Salvador Durán 8–9 Comtec Racing 17 Anton Nebylitskiy 1–2 John Martin 3–5, 8 Cristiano Morgado 6 Alberto Valerio 7 Greg Mansell 9 18 Harald Schlegelmilch 1 Alexandre Marsoin 2 Max Chilton 3 Jon Lancaster 4–9 Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Mofaz Racing 19 Fairuz Fauzy All 20 Sten Pentus All Epsilon Euskadi 21 Adrián Vallés 1–5 Dani Clos 6–7 Keisuke Kunimoto 8–9 22 Chris van der Drift All Pons Racing 23 Marcos Martínez All 24 Federico Leo All KMP Group/SG Formula 25 Anton Nebylitskiy 3–9 26 Jules Bianchi 3 Edoardo Mortara 4 Guillaume Moreau 5–9 RC Motorsport 27 Filip Salaquarda 3 Mihai Marinescu 4 Esteban Guerrieri 9 28 Pasquale Di Sabatino 1–8 Bruno Méndez 9 KTR were due to race with car numbers 25 and 26, however the team pulled out on 1 April 2009 after team boss Kurt Mollekens stated that he was unable to secure a driver line-up for the season. It was announced on 14 May 2009 that KMP Group/SG Formula will take up their entries.

Driver changes Changed Teams Pasquale Di Sabatino: Red Devil Team Comtec → RC Motorsport Esteban Guerrieri: Ultimate Motorsport → RC Motorsport Alexandre Marsoin: Epsilon Euskadi → Comtec Racing Miguel Molina: Prema Powerteam → Ultimate Motorsport Daniil Move: KTR → P1 Motorsport Sten Pentus: Red Devil Team Comtec → Mofaz Fortec Motorsport James Walker: Fortec Motorsport → P1 Motorsport

Entering/Re-Entering FR3.5 Jaime Alguersuari: British F3 (Carlin Motorsport) → Carlin Motorsport Jules Bianchi: Formula Three Euroseries (ART Grand Prix) → KMP Group/SG Formula Max Chilton: British F3 (Carlin Motorsport) → Comtec Racing Dani Clos: GP2 Series (Racing Engineering) → Epsilon Euskadi Stefano Coletti: Formula Three Euroseries (Prema Powerteam) → Prema Powerteam Chris van der Drift: International Formula Master (JD Motorsport) → Epsilon Euskadi Salvador Durán: A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team Mexico) → Interwetten.com Brendon Hartley: British F3 (Carlin Motorsport) → Tech 1 Racing Tobias Hegewald: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (Motopark Academy) → Interwetten.com Michael Herck: GP2 Series (DPR) → Interwetten.com Keisuke Kunimoto: Formula Nippon (Team LeMans) → Epsilon Euskadi Jon Lancaster: Formula Three Euroseries (ART Grand Prix) → Comtec Racing Omar Leal: Euroseries 3000 (Durango) → Prema Powerteam Federico Leo: ATS Formel 3 Cup (Ombra Racing) → Pons Racing Mihai Marinescu: Formula BMW Europe (FMS International) → Interwetten.com/RC Motorsport John Martin: A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team Australia)/British F3 (Räikkönen Robertson Racing) → Comtec Racing Greg Mansell: Atlantic Championship (Walker Racing) → USR/Comtec Racing Bruno Méndez: European F3 Open Championship (Campos Racing) → RC Motorsport Guillaume Moreau: FIA GT Championship (Luc Alphand Aventures) → KMP Group/SG Formula Cristiano Morgado: Formula Volkswagen (Morgado Racing) → Comtec Racing Edoardo Mortara: GP2 Series (Arden International) → KMP Group/SG Formula & Tech 1 Racing Anton Nebylitskiy: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Drivers' Project) → Comtec Racing & KMP Group/SG Formula Frankie Provenzano: International Formula Master (ADM Motorsport) → Prema Powerteam Daniel Ricciardo: British F3 (Carlin Motorsport) → Tech 1 Racing Filip Salaquarda: International Formula Master (ISR Racing) → RC Motorsport Harald Schlegelmilch: International Formula Master (Trident Racing) → Comtec Racing Oliver Turvey: British F3 (Carlin Motorsport) → Carlin Motorsport Alberto Valerio: GP2 Series (Piquet GP) → Comtec Racing Adrián Vallés: GP2 Series (BCN Competicion) → Epsilon Euskadi Adrian Zaugg: A1 Grand Prix (A1 Team South Africa) → Interwetten.com

Leaving FR3.5 Mikhail Aleshin: Carlin Motorsport → FIA Formula Two Championship Borja García: RC Motorsport → Atlantic Championship (Condor Motorsports) Giedo van der Garde: P1 Motorsport → GP2 Series (iSport International) Julien Jousse: Tech 1 Racing → FIA Formula Two Championship Pippa Mann: P1 Motorsport → Indy Lights (Panther Racing) Mario Romancini: Epsilon Euskadi → Indy Lights (RLR/Andersen Racing) Duncan Tappy: RC Motorsport → Indy Lights (Genoa Racing) Robert Wickens: Carlin Motorsport → FIA Formula Two Championship

Race calendar and results Seven rounds formed meetings of the 2009 World Series by Renault season, with additional rounds supporting the and the 1000 km of Algarve. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 18 April Adrián Vallés Miguel Molina Marcos Martínez Pons Racing Oliver Turvey R2 19 April Charles Pic Charles Pic Marcos Martínez Pons Racing Sten Pentus 2 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 May Marco Barba Marcos Martínez Pons Racing Oliver Turvey R2 3 May James Walker James Walker P1 Motorsport 3 Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 24 May Oliver Turvey Brendon Hartley Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport Oliver Turvey 4 R1 Hungaroring, Budapest 13 June Fairuz Fauzy Brendon Hartley Fairuz Fauzy Mofaz Fortec Motorsport Jaime Alguersuari R2 14 June Marcos Martínez Fairuz Fauzy RC Motorsport Omar Leal 5 R1 Silverstone Circuit 4 July Bertrand Baguette Jon Lancaster Marcos Martínez Pons Racing Oliver Turvey R2 5 July Charles Pic Charles Pic Charles Pic Tech 1 Racing Oliver Turvey 6 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 18 July Marco Barba Bertrand Baguette Bertrand Baguette Oliver Turvey R2 19 July Jon Lancaster Miguel Molina Bertrand Baguette International DracoRacing Jaime Alguersuari 7 R1 1 August Jon Lancaster Charles Pic Jon Lancaster Comtec Racing Jon Lancaster R2 Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport Jaime Alguersuari 8 R1 Nürburgring Daniil Move Jon Lancaster Bertrand Baguette International DracoRacing Oliver Turvey R2 Brendon Hartley Brendon Hartley Charles Pic Tech 1 Racing Brendon Hartley 9 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 24 October Oliver Turvey Esteban Guerrieri Bertrand Baguette International DracoRacing Oliver Turvey R2 25 October Fairuz Fauzy James Walker Bertrand Baguette International DracoRacing Oliver Turvey

Season results Points for both championships are awarded as follows: Race Qualifying Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th PP 2nd 3rd Sprint 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Feature 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 2 1

In addition, a bonus point will be awarded to the driver who climbs the most places in the race order during each race.

The maximum number of points a driver can earn each weekend (except Monaco) is 32 and the maximum number for a team is 57. At Monaco and Portimão, a different point system was implemented, with the qualifying points awarded to each group as there is no Super Pole session.

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver CATSPR CATFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MONFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SILSPR SILFEA BUGSPR BUGFEA ALGSPR ALGFEA NÜRSPR NÜRFEA ARASPR ARAFEA Points 1 Bertrand Baguette 2 Ret 2* 21 5 3 6 8 5 1 1 2 52 1 5 1 1 155 2 Fairuz Fauzy 8 7 15 15 15 1 7 2 4 7 4 8* 20 2 3 6 21 98 3 Charles Pic DNS 61 4 Ret 9 11 8 7 11 6 Ret 4 21 6 12 13 11 94 4 Oliver Turvey 4 11 6 14 11 8 Ret 3 3 3 103 Ret 62 4 Ret3 2 5 93 5 James Walker 6 Ret2 Ret 12 31 4 Ret3 4 22 Ret 92 6 8 Ret 4 18 9 89 6 Jaime Alguersuari 5 16† 10 6 6 5 16 6 9 4 3 3 11 5 6 8 12 88 7 Marcos Martínez 1 1 1 5 Ret2 6 Ret1 1 6 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 13 73 8 Miguel Molina 9 14 3 33 43 7 Ret2 9 Ret 9 2 7 4 64 9 Marco Barba Ret Ret 7 12 16 2 2 10 10 5 7 16 11 8 7 14 6 50 10 Daniil Move 14 123 5 4 Ret 12 9 18 8 11 19 Ret 10* 3 9 4 3 49 11 Chris van der Drift 7 3 9 Ret 7 13* 4 Ret 19 15 11 Ret 7 14 10 9 82 41 12 11 8 8 8 Ret3 14 1 Ret Ret 2 8 14 18 10 Ret 39 13 Jon Lancaster 9 10 22 15 8 51 1 Ret 9 Ret 3 203 39 14 Adrian Zaugg 10* 5 12 7 22 10 Ret 13 11 Ret 15 27 15 Brendon Hartley 12 9 11 10 17 17 12 5 133 13 21 15 16 26 16 Sten Pentus 18 2* 18 11* 11 18 15 14 7* 14 13 9 14 Ret 12 Ret 10* 23 17 Adrián Vallés 3 4 DNS Ret 8 16 Ret 12 14 19 18 Guillaume Moreau 16* 12 13 12 5 33 11 Ret 19 18 18 19 Esteban Guerrieri 5* 4 15 20 Omar Leal 15 19† 19 18 14 22 3 17 16 Ret 20 18 17 17 14* 21 22† 11 21 Federico Leo 19 18 17 17 18 Ret 14 15 21 18 Ret 13 19 18 17 7 7 8 22 John Martin 12* 20 13 21 20 7 8 8 23 Michael Herck Ret 5* 20 18 19 Ret 7 24 Edoardo Mortara 21 Ret Ret 6* 6 25 Dani Clos 10* 17 Ret 93 5 26 Greg Mansell 13 10 13 9 13 15 Ret 11 22 12 Ret 11 13 10 14 4 27 Filip Salaquarda 21 Ret NC 19 17 Ret 16 10 12 Ret Ret 12 15 1 28 Stefano Coletti 10 1 29 Anton Nebylitskiy 17 17† 20 Ret 20 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 12* 11 Ret Ret 1 30 Mihai Marinescu Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 16 14 15 15 20 17 0 31 Frankie Provenzano Ret 15 16 13 0 32 Keisuke Kunimoto 16 13 17 21 0 33 Tobias Hegewald 14 16 0 34 Daniel Ricciardo Ret 15 0 35 Salvador Durán DNS 16 16 Ret 0 36 Alberto Valerio 17 16 0 37 Harald Schlegelmilch 16 Ret 0 38 Cristiano Morgado 19 18 0 39 Bruno Méndez Ret 19 0 40 Max Chilton 19 0 Alexandre Marsoin Ret DNS 0 Jules Bianchi Ret 0 Pos Driver CATSPR CATFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MONFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SILSPR SILFEA BUGSPR BUGFEA ALGSPR ALGFEA NÜRSPR NÜRFEA ARASPR ARAFEA PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Retired, but classified * – Hard charger 1 – 3 Points for Pole 2 – 2 Points for P2 3 – 1 Point for P3

Teams' Championship